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One of the biggest advantages of using a SIAB system is that you don’t need to be computer literate — just turn it on and start to record. SIAB systems are also portable — you can take them almost anywhere to record, so you’re not limited to your studio room. (You can get a view of an SIAB system in Figure 2-5.) Think about this for a second: If you want a big drum sound and all you have is a small converted bedroom for a studio, you can load up your SIAB system, a few microphones, and your drummer’s drum set (don’t forget the drummer) and go to an empty warehouse, gymnasium, or church, for example. (Of course, you can do this with a laptop computer system, too, but it’ll cost you more.) In fact, with many of these recorders you don’t even need to have electricity to do this. Some of these recorders draw very little power and can operate on batteries.

Early versions of SIAB systems were somewhat limited in what they offered and weren’t very user-friendly when it came to sharing files between systems. The newer generation of SIAB systems is being designed to import and export audio files in formats that you can open on other manufacturers’ recorders, freeing you to transfer files between different systems.